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MEXICO CITY (AP) — It turns out the heart-wrenching drama of a young girl trapped in the rubble of a school brought down by an earthquake in Mexico was all for naught. Residents, rescuers and reporters rushed to the rubble and viewers were transfixed by live coverage. Now officials say the girl never existed and cite zealous but mistaken volunteers who made a Herculean rescue effort fueled by hope and adrenaline.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in an extraordinary and direct rebuke, called President Donald Trump "deranged" and said he will "pay dearly" for his threats, a possible indication of more powerful weapons tests on the horizon. Kim said Trump is "unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country." South Korean media said the dispatch was the first such direct address to the world by Kim.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump has spoken with the governors of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Trump said earlier Thursday that Puerto Rico was "absolutely obliterated" and the Virgin Islands were "flattened" by recent hurricanes Irma and Maria. The entire island of Puerto Rico was left without power after Maria knocked out its already weakened electrical grid.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's office of the presidency says the death toll from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has risen to 273, including 137 in the capital. The presidency said in a statement Wednesday that there were also 73 deaths in Morelos state, 43 in Puebla, 13 in the State of Mexico, six in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca.

BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (AP) — Children make up about 60 percent of more than 420,000 people who have poured in to Bangladesh in recent weeks_ Rohingya Muslims fleeing terrible persecution in Myanmar. They have seen family members killed and homes set on fire. They have known fear and terror. They have endured dangerous journeys through forests and on rickety boats. Now they've traded the terror of Myanmar's northern Rakhine state for the chaos of refugee camps.

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